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Text:Some man dey ask me say (Someone may ask me wjhy)
Tune:[Some man dey ask me say]
Transciber:Jorge Lockward
Transcriber:Kristin Markay

179. Some man dey ask me say (Someone may ask me wjhy)

CREO -
Some man dey ask me say,
nar wetin dey mek ah dey shine,
ah juss dey tell dem say,
nar Master Jisus dey mek ah dey shine.
Some man dey ask me say,
nar wetin dey mek ah dey shine,
ah juss dey tell dem say,
nar Master Jisus dey mek ah dey shine.
Ah dey shine, Ah dey shine, Ah dey shine,
Ad dey shine, Ah day shine, Ah day shine.
Ah juss dey tell dem say,
nar Master Jisus dey mek ah dey shine.

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ENGLISH -
Someone may ask me why,
"Now what's it that makes you to shine?"
I will just tell them that it is Christ Jesus that makes me to shine.
Someone may ask me why,
"Now what's it that makes you to shine?"
I will just tell them that it is Christ Jesus that makes me to shine.
I will shine, I will shine, I will shine.
I will shine, I will shine, I will shine.
I will just tell them that it is Christ Jesus that makes me to shine.

Text Information
First Line: Some man dey ask me say (Someone may ask me why)
Title: Some man dey ask me say (Someone may ask me wjhy)
Language: English; Creo
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Hope and Joy
Source: Recorded by Frank Kamanda, Charles Davies Memorial UMC, Lumley Freetown, Sierra Leone
Tune Information
Name: [Some man dey ask me say]
Transcriber: Kristin Markay
Transciber: Jorge Lockward
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Recorded by Frank Kamanda, Charles Davies Memorial UMC, Lumley Freetown, Sierra Leone
Copyright: Transcr. © 2004 General Board of Global Ministries



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